Ancient Honey vs C.P. Cadmium Yellow Dark

Ancient Honey

Brand
Army Painter
Range
Speedpaint 2.0
Type
a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch
#f0b800 (estimate)

C.P. Cadmium Yellow Dark

Brand
Golden
Range
Heavy Body Acrylics
Type
an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch
#fdce1c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. C.P. Cadmium Yellow Dark is a little lighter than Ancient Honey. They are different kinds of paint: Army Painter Ancient Honey is a one-coat contrast-style paint and Golden C.P. Cadmium Yellow Dark is an opaque base/layer paint, so they won’t behave the same on the model even where the colour is close.

Can I use C.P. Cadmium Yellow Dark instead of Ancient Honey?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). C.P. Cadmium Yellow Dark is a little lighter than Ancient Honey. They are different kinds of paint.

Can I use Ancient Honey instead of C.P. Cadmium Yellow Dark?

The same difference applies the other way round: Ancient Honey is a little darker.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Ancient Honey on the colour wheel See C.P. Cadmium Yellow Dark on the colour wheel

Other Golden paints close to Ancient Honey

Other Army Painter paints close to C.P. Cadmium Yellow Dark

All matches: Ancient Honey equivalents · C.P. Cadmium Yellow Dark equivalents

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